Shear-induced material transfer across the core-mantle boundary aided by the post-perovskite phase transition

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 459-464

  Petford, Nick ^a   Yuen, Dave ^b   Rushmer, Tracy ^c   Brodholt, John ^d   Stackhouse, Stephen ^d  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core metal transport; Deformation; Dilatancy; D ; Post perovskite; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; PEROVSKITE;

EID: 21844454735     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351834     Document Type: Article

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